Name: Peter Flanagan.

Title: Director, Flanagans of Buncrana.

Education: Three A-Levels in boarding school (Garron Tower, Co Antrim).

Marital status: Married to Yvonne. Children: Four: Michael (10), John (8), Ellen (7) and Isabella (4).

Home: Sandymount, Dublin.

Most important life event: Marrying Yvonne.

Time of getting up: 7.30 a.m. Time of finishing work: 7.30 p.m. most evenings. Favourite breakfast: An orange, then porridge, followed by kippers and boiled tomatoes, with a strong pot of tea. Form of exercise: Unloading trucks, pillow fights with four children, indoor football and swimming.

Holidays: Sailing and water sports anywhere. Downhill skiing when business and children allow.

Favourite TV programme: National Geographic or good action films.

Favourite radio programme: News and John Kelly's Mystery Train.

Car: 1994 Volvo 850 Estate.

Commuting time: 15 minutes.

Favourite airline: I've flown twice on Singapore airlines and was charmed by the humility of the Asian service. I regularly fly Ryanair for the value and speed.

Worst thing about travel: Queuing and inflexible deadlines.

Favourite bank: AIB.

Favourite tipple: Guinness in the pub, or Chateauneuf-duPape on special occasions.

Favourite pub: O'Flatherty's and Roddens in Buncrana.

Favourite restaurant: The Merrion Inn.

How do you spend your free time?: I enjoy music, sing tenor in St Richard's Choir and love to hide with a good book.

Person you admire the most: Pope John Paul.

Dying words: Is it that time already?